I would like to thank Robert Montgomery for giving me the idea to write poems in the first place, and for finding the title; as always my manager, Hannah Giannoulis; Nick Cave for his inspiration and encouragement (and a few bits of editing!); Yrsa Daley-Ward for her influence, support, and for setting the bar so high; my editor, Juliet Annan, for getting me to do this and for putting up with my anxious emails; Gill Heeley for all her amazing creativity; Tom Beard for making the swamp so beautiful; Between Two Books for being such a bright spot in my life; my father for his keen eye, and for instilling mе with a love of poetry; all the pеople I have written songs with and all the people I have written songs about.